Cigarette



y 1969 L.. J. ELIASZ 3,455,308

CIGARETTE Filed Aug. 10, 1967 'INVENTOR.

LOU/5E J. ELIASZ A TTOR/VEYS United States Patent O 3,455,308 CIGARETTELouise J. Eliasz, 1257 Silverado St., La Jolla, Calif. 92037 Filed Aug.10, 1967, Scr. No. 659,719 Int. Cl. A24d 1/04; A24f 7 U.S. Cl. 13110.5 8Claims ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE The object of the invention is toprovide a filter-cigarette having a tapering mouthpiece end portionwherein the tapered portion extends from the middle portion of thelength of the filter to the mouthpiece end thereof and having an airspace between the mouthpiece end of the cigarette and the downstream endof the filter.

Other features and the advantages of the present invention will beapparent from the following description, reference being had to theaccompanying drawing wherein a preferred embodiment of the invention isillustrated.

In the drawing:

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of the improved cigarette;

FIG. 2 is a side view of the cigarette;

FIG. 3 is a longitudinal sectional view of the cigarette; and

FIGS. 4 and 5 are front and rear views looking, respectively, in thedirection of arrows 44 and 55 of FIG. 2.

Referring more in detail to the drawing, which shows a cigarette 20including an integral wrapper formed of standard cigarette paper. Thetobacco 22 and the wad of filter material 24 are confined in thewrapper. While not limited thereto, the tobacco area is 2% inches andextends from the right end of the cigarette, as viewed in FIGS. 2 and 3.One end of the filter 24 abuts the left end of the tobacco. It has alength of approximately inch; it terminating approximately 7 inch fromthe left end of the cigarette, thus providing an air space 26 at theleft end of that length.

The left portion of the cigarette 20 is tapered from approximatelymidway of the longitudinal length of the filter and increasesprogressively in its major axis and decreases continually progressivelyin its minor axis to the extreme left end where the mouthpiece will bealmost fiat, as more clearly shown in FIG. 1.

While I have shown the lip end of the cigarette somewhat wider in crosssection, the wrapper can be designed so that when tapered, the extremeleft end will have approximately the same perimeter in section, as theright end.

It has been found, by actual test of several individuals over a periodof time, that when any one of the standard brands of cigarettes isprovided with a filter and air space and with a taper as herein shown,throat irritation and coughing were materially reduced. The theory isnot understood.

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While the form of embodiment herein shown and described, constitutespreferred form, it is to be understood that other forms may be adoptedfalling within the scope of the claims that follow.

I claim:

1. A cigarette comprising in combination:

(A) an elongated integral wrapper formed of standard cigarette paper;

(B) cigarette tobacco being encased in the wrapper from one endthroughout a major portion of the wrapper;

(C) an elongated wad or filter material having one end abutting theinner end of the tobacco, the other end of the wad being spaced from theopposite end of the wrapper to provide an air space between the wad andsaid opposite end of the wrapper, the wrapper and the wad being taperedfrom an area intermediate the longitudinal length of the wad to saidopposite end of the wrapper to form a mouthpiece which is narrow andelongated transversely of the elongated wrapper, the remainder of thewad and the wrapper having constant transverse dimensions.

2. A cigarette as defined in claim 1, characterized in that the wad isapproximately inch in length.

3. A cigarette as defined in claim 1, characterized in that the airspace is approximately inch in length.

4. A cigarette as defined in claim 1, characterized in that the wad isapproximately inch in length and the air space is approximately inch inlength.

5. A cigarette as defined in claim 1, characterized in that the wad isapproximately 7 inch in length and that the length of the tobacco areais approximately 2% inches.

6. A cigarette as defined in claim 1, characterized in that the airspace is approximately "7 inch in length and that the length of thetobacco area is approximately 2% inches.

7. A cigarette as defined in claim 5, characterized in that the airspace is approximately inch in length and that the length of the tobaccoarea is approximately 2% inches.

8. A cigarette as defined in claim 1, characterized in that the taperedportion is elliptical in cross section with the major axis increasingprogressively and the minor axis decreasing progressively to the saidopposite end of the wrapper.

References Cited UNITED STATES PATENTS 59,485 11/1866 Van Dyeck 1311092,423 7/1869 Clark 13111 1,750,503 3/1930 Blossom 13l229 X 1,865,7807/1932 Naimaster 131-229 2,169,310 8/ 1939 Wertheimer 131-227 X3,179,112 4/1965 Siegenheim '13110.5 3,310,056 3/1967 Rieder 13110.5

FOREIGN PATENTS 24,645 1901 Great Britain.

JOSEPH S. REICH, Primary Examiner U.S. Cl. X.R. 13l11, 229

